Projector with rotatable picture drum and magnetic braking means



March 18, 195 2 D. w. BRIGHTWELL PROJECTOR WITH ROTATAB' E PICTURE DRUM AND MAGNETIC BRA ING MEANS -Filed Nov. 14,

Inventor Doreen Winifred Brightwell. cau

Attorneys;

Patented Mar. 18, 1952 PROJECTOR WITH ROTATABLE PICTURE DRUM AND MAGNETIC BRAKING MEANS Doreen Winifred Brightwell, Rugby, England, as-

signor to Reginald Ernest Cooper, Mountsorrel,

England Application November 14, 1950, Serial No. 195,579 In Great Britain January 12, 1950 1 Claim.

This invention relates to apparatus for projecting or viewing films and like transparencies particularly for advertising purposes and has for its object to provide a projector or viewin apparatus of simple and inexpensive construction having improved means whereby the films or like transparencies are automatically moved so that a continually changing and repeating sequence of pictures, views or the like may be projected onto a screen or the like, or may be Viewed.

A further object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the speed of movement of the films or transparencies is controlled.

In order that the. invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practical effect, reference is made in the following description to the accompanying drawing which is an elevation mainly in section of a projector according to this invention.

Referring to the drawing an outer casing I is provided mounted on adjustable feet 2 and having a, raised base 3 to enable air to enter the projector at the bottom thereof whilst an air outlet opening 4 is provided at the top of the casing I.

The outer casing I carries within same a socket 5 for an electric lamp 6, preferably arranged as shown in an upright position, whilst surrounding said socket 5 and lamp 6 carried thereby is an inner lamp housing I having a top provided with a series of fixed radial vanes 8. The lamp housing I has a side aperture 9 closed by a condenser lens I0, and a projection lens system II is mounted in a side aperture I2 in the outer casing I in alignment with the said condenser lens I and filament I3 of the lamp 6, whilst a clearance is left between the housing 1 and outer casing l and also a space is left between the vanes 8 at the top of the housing I and the opening 4 in the top of the outer casing I.

Co-axial with the vanes 8 and also at the top of the housing I is provided a central seating or bearing 14 of sapphire or the like to receive a needle bearing member I carried by a drum or carrier I6 so that the latter is balanced and rotatable about a vertical axis, which drum I6 also has radial vanes II disposed immediately over the fixed vanes 8 of the housing I, whilst the sides of the drum I6 surround the upper part of the housing I in a depending manner.

The lower edge of the said rotatable drum IB is adapted to carry strip film or the like transparencies I8 which may bear pictorial views and/or written matter, particularly advertising matter, said strip film l8 or the like being arranged to pass between the condenser lens III and the projection lens system II for projection onto a, screen or the like suitable surface.

The arrangement is such that when the lamp 6 is switched on, that portion of the film or transparency l8 which is between the condenser lens I0 and projection lens system II is projected, and due to the convection currents of air created by the heat of the lamp 6, the drum I6 is caused to rotate owing to the convection currents of air acting upon the vanes ll of the latter after deflection by the fixed vanes 8 of the housing I. This rotation of the drum [6, which is thus automatic and continual so long as the lamp 6 remains lighted, causes the pictorial or other matter projected-by the apparatus to be continually changing in a repeating sequence.

In order to control the speed of rotation of the drum I6 and prevent same rotating at too fast a rate, means are provided to retard the rotation of same, which means may comprise a permanent magnet 20 adjustably carried by screw means 2| on the inside of the outer casing I so as to be adjustable towards and away from the drum l6 which is then made of non-ferrous material such as aluminium, whilst on the outside of the housing I is a soft iron member 22 located opposite the magnet 20, so that the wall of the drum I6 passes between said soft iron member 22 and said magnet 20, the result produced being that the rotation of the drum I6 is damped by the eddy current braking effect of the magnet 20 and soft iron member 22.

As shown the magnet 20 may be of horse shoe form and the screw adjustment means 2| comprise a member having a forked part 23 and a shank 24 of square or other non-circular section slidable in a bush 25 mounted on the outer casing I. The shank 24 is provided with a threaded extension 26 receiving a nut 21 whilst interposed between said nut and bush 25 is a compression spring 28. On manipulation of the knurled nut 21 the magnet 20 can be moved to wards or away from the drum [6 to vary the intensity of the magnetic field across the path of rotation of said drum, the square section shank 24 preventing rotation of the fork 23 and magnet 20.

The lamp 6 is preferably, as shown, surrounded by two concentric tubular members 30, 3| form-V ing a funnel to direct the convectional flow of air from the lamp to the vanes 8 and Il whilst the annular air space 32 between the members 30. 3| provides insulation against lateral heat loss from the lamp 6. Both members 30, 3| are pro- 3 r 4 vided with apertures 33 in alignment with the casing; a rotatable drum disposed about said lamp filament l3 and the condenser lens l0. lamp housing, said drum being adapted to carry Communicating with the interior of the inner film or transparencies for movement between and tubular member 30 is an air inlet opening IQ for in alignment with said condenser lens and prothe housing 1 in the base 3, the lamp socket 5 5 jection lens system; bearing means rotatably supbeing mounted on an inverted .ueshape support porting;the-d11um from the upper end of said 29 astride the "opening .19. ilamp housing; a plurality -'of radially disposed After passing the vanes 8 and I! the convecvanes fixed across the open upper end of said tional flow of air passes out through the opening lamp housing; a plurality of radially disposed 4 in the outer casing l whichopeningisasshown .10 vanesmounted on said drum and positioned over desirably provided with a pluralityof angle. secthe fixed vanes on said lamp housing for effecting tion slats 34 permitting passage of the air but automatic rotation of said drum by convectional forming a light trap against rays-of lightifrom air flow through the vanes created by burning the lamp 6 creating any undesired illumination. -a lamp within said "lamp housing so that film or The slats 34 are preferably removable en bloc 15 transparencies mounted on said drum are autofrom the opening 4 which latter istlarge enough matically-passed between the condenser lens and to allow the drum IB'to be readily withdrawn projection lens system for projection; a magnetic for changing thefilmor transparencies I8 thereon member mounted on the outside of said lamp or for the removal of the lamp 6. housingand adjacent said drum; a magnet sup- An apparatus according to the present invenported from said outer casing; means for adjusttion is particularly adapted for use in projecting ing said magnet towards and away from th advertisingmatter in thewin'dow or interior of t'erior-of said drum and opposite said magnetic a shop Or like establishment, the ma er t member for'creating eddy currentsitoretard the being -:projected onto a wall screen or onto a speed of rotation ofisaid drum.

ground glass or likescreen behind which theapparatus is disposed. Alternatively, the matter DOREEN BRIGHTW-ELL. may be viewed direct through a viewing side aperture'i'ormed in the'outercasing l, the projection REFERENCES CITED lenssysatem H bemg then'dlspensed The following references are of record in the In a novel use'of apparatus according :to the fil f this patent; present invention an'ultr'a'violetlamp 6 may be employed for projecting the matter onto a fluo- UNITED STATES PATENTS rescent Screen, the vfisible rag-ts emitted by'the Number m D 3 211523? scrreened' mm 51g 7 I V 1,077,690 Evans ,v N014,1913

r 6 I i. 2 A'projector comprising anouter casing having Lynes Aug 1 1,450,179 Issacs et a1., ,,Apr. 3, 1923 an-upper air outlet and an aperture in the side V t r 1,472,222 Le V,1e, v Oct. 30, 1923 thereof; abase mountedwithin'said outer casing;

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its lower end and an aperture in the side thereof 7 2,501,862 Cloud V VMar. 28,1950 in alignment With the aperture in said outer casing; a support for -a lamp within said lamp 7 FOREIGN PATENTS housing; a condenser lens mounted in the aper- Number Country Date e e f -sai la ho s'ng; a e t lens W O d mp 1 pm] c 501,540 GreatrBritain ....F8b.i28,:1939

system mounted in the aperture of said outer 

